Apogon_gilberti

<i>Zoramia gilberti</i>

Zoramia gilberti

Species of fish

Zoramia gilberti is a Cardinalfish from the Western Central Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 4.2 cm in length.[1] It is found in sheltered bays and lagoons, where it gathers in large aggregations among branching corals, frequently mixed with other cardinalfish species.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist and fisheries biologist Charles H. Gilbert (1859-1928) of Stanford University who was a colleague of Jordan's.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Zoramia gilberti" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  2. [2]
    Bray, D.J. (2017). "Zoramia gilberti". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 23 Sep 2018.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2018). "Order KURTIFORMES (Nurseryfishes and Cardinalfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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